Tag: Reading notes

• Reading in February

  Time to catch up on recent reads that I can recommend. My first book of February is a brand-new offering from a recent favorite writer of mine, Ben H. Winters. I really admire his niche of combining noir detective stories with speculative scenarios. I’ve read his trilogy set just before a meteor is about to…

  Shannon Turlington

  March 8, 2019

  Reading

  Ben H Winters, Februrary 2019, Golden State, Hye-Young Pyun, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, Reading notes, Recommended Reading, Short books, The Hole

• Recent Reading

  I have three short books by women with enticing covers to share with you today. My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: This was a quick read with short chapters, set in Lagos by a Nigerian author, with underlying themes of loyalty to family, abuse, and the shallowness of men who “only want a…

  Shannon Turlington

  January 19, 2019

  Reading

  Alyson Hagy, Book covers, Essays, Heather Havrilesky, My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Reading notes, Scribe, What if This Were Enough?

• Notes on The Creative Habit

  The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp is the first of several books I’m planning to read on the creative process. Tharp’s book is a great place to start, as it contains many nuggets of useful information on fashioning a creative life that can be put into practice immediately. Although Tharp’s art is dance, her advice is…

  Shannon Turlington

  August 24, 2015

  Notebook

  Accidents, Art, Creativity, Failure, Grooves, Habits, Memory, Metaphor, Projects, Reading notes, Rituals, Ruts, Scratching, Skills, Spine, Twyla Tharp, Writing